Shah Rukh Khan Gives Moving Speech After Best Actor Win at DPIFF: ‘Bahut Saal Ho Gaye Mujhe…’

Shah Rukh Khan accepted the Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2024. The actor was presented with the award for his performance in Jawan. Speaking at the awards show, Shah Rukh noted that it had been many years since he won a Best Actor award and confessed he began to think he might not win a Best Actor award anytime soon either. He expressed his gratitude for winning the award and even poked fun at Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who was cheering for him in the crowd.

“Shukriya sari jury member ka jinhone mujhko best actor ke liye layak samjha aur bhaut saal ho gaye mujhe best actor ka award nahin mila toh aisa lagne laga tha ki ab milega hi nahin. Mujhe bhaut khushi hai. Mujhe awards bhaut ache lagte hai …main thoda laalchi hu, greedy hu. (I thank jury who considered me worthy of the Best Actor award. I have not received the Best Actor Award in a long time. It seemed as if I would not get it again…So I am extremely happy. I like awards. I am a bit greedy),” he said, leaving everyone in splits.

Upon noticing Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s joy at SRK’s win, the actor joked, “Mere se zyada Vidhu Vinod Chopra ko ache lagte hai. Hum dono share kar lenge.” The 12th Fail director was seen laughing his heart out.

Shah Rukh thanked Jawan’s director, Atlee, his co-stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi and everyone who has worked on making Jawan a success. “I am genuinely thrilled and touched that people have recognized the work that I have put in. Work of an artist is not important… all the people around him or her make everything come together,” he said before he named Atlee, Nayanthara, Vijay and Anirudh Ravichander, among many others, and thanked them for helping him win this award.

“I promise I will keep working hard and entertain India and people who are living abroad as many years as I can. Whether it takes me to dance, to fall, to fly, to romance, to be evil, to be a bad guy, to be a good guy… Inshallah, I will keep working hard,” he concluded his speech.

Watch the Shah Rukh Khan’s Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2024 below:

Shah Rukh had three big releases in 2023. He was seen in Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki. Apart from SRK, Nayanthara also won Best Actress and Anirudh Ravichander won Best Music Director for Jawan.